How much have the executives pay dropped?
Ubisoft will own nothing, and we will be happy…
Turns out making games just to please shareholders doesn’t make sales?
Close another studio? Cancel some more games? That’s the best way to make more money, right? Lay everyone off and stop making products?
More microtransactions into the slop they are putting out soon.
Sadly it usually does result in a stock price increase, because less expenses
Could try pachinko like konami
They need some fun original IP, so much of their work is derivative and rehashes of old stuff now.
Beyond that, to GET to their rehashed derivative stuff you need a separate launcher with a separate and annoying login.
I noped out of the Outlaws demo when I was forced to create a Ubisoft account to play.
Whole point of console gaming is convenience.
They obviously don’t want my $60. I wonder how much they make selling the data to brokers that someone downloaded their demo and ditched it at the login screen.
O, I forgot about that. If it isn’t in Steam or Heroic, I apparently need active reminders it even exists.
They are on steam!
https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/ubisoft
I am fairly confident they are one of the companies where when you launch the game you purchased through steam it redirects you to the ubisoft launcher like how some Microsoft games in steam prompt a xbox login. Forza Horizon 5, I’m looking at you.
You are correct. It’s the reason why I never played that anno 2070 game I bought, besides constant crashes when I tried to launch.
Maybe AI will save them.
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They tried with Anno 117, the backlash was delicious
The fact that they have shareholders means that they’re likely to keep rehashing old stuff.
Shareholders love “guaranteed” money, which is why movie studios keep making the same crap over and over again. It’s more stable.
It’s more stable, right up until it isn’t.
Indeed, but whatever they’ve been doing over the past eight years doesn’t seem to be doing the stock prices any good. They need a reevaluation of their approach.
They also need to allow games to be more focused. Not every game needs to be an open world, crafter, rpg, treasure hunt.
The markets probably didn’t like all the cancelled games in the pipeline but a reset is probably for the best. Their main franchises have gotten steadily worst. I used to look forward to their games, now I don’t even buy them on special.
They said they want to focus on open world and live service games, so it sounds like the ones they canceled were the actual good ones.
Tbh, they cancelled the prince of Persia remake. I don’t think we know what the other games were. I know it’s a popular franchise but I hate remakes, they always end up being a cash grab. Open world is kind of their bread and butter but it’s been mostly shit, so if they focus on the quality aspect, it might turn it around.
I don’t really dig live service but r6 siege was one so maybe we can get another gem or two like it.
They certainly can be cash grabs but I wouldn’t say always. Usually it’s the low effort remasters that don’t warrant rebuying at full price as they’re mostly a technical refresh (with mixed results based on how much they tried).
Remake implies them remaking the game instead of upgrading it where you get things like the ffvii remakes or the upcoming dragon quest vii which looks pretty good. Sometimes they miss but I wouldn’t call them a cash grab as it still takes significant investment.
Far cry 7 better be good
Seven? Jesus. How about a fresh new IP instead?
Far Cry 7 is rumored to add a 24-hour time limit (similar to Dead Rising’s mechanic) and lean heavily into multiplayer
It won’t be.
I loved AC Shadows, a really fun game. I was surprised though, Mirage was shit.
